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Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by MikeKusold »

pajju wrote: post #164

Yahoo is looking fresh again! I think this a well-thought idea to -- get more social. Also with this move, it might push Google users to consider syncing and sharing their photos to Flickr now. Google gives 5GB for high-resolution, i.e original quality photos, Yahoo is giving 1TB, but think yahoo ads. Any such kind of service is a lock-in ( platform level, so more control) and maybe they integrate tumblr strongly wit…

This has been upped to a maximum of 15GB when Google combined all their storage into Drive. Your argument still holds though.

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Post by NARKOZ »

These changes really speak for themselves and if you've ever tried Instagram, you're basically getting the better quality photos: clear, crisp, tons of space, and very balanced filters. I love my iPhone and these guys deliver awesome app without being overpowering. As some of the other comments noted, "above and beyond" Instagram.

The new design is great: modern and a little bit more flat for a modern look. I was actually kinda bummed because like....they got rid of the Pro badges....oh well. My photo gallery stands out and looks pretty sharp. Well done, Flickr.

Anyway to sum it up, these changes are nice. And with a free 'old Pro' features, they're definitely a no brainer. I think any photographer can enjoy these changes as much as any casual photo sharer. Yahoo does it again!

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Post by deanclatworthy »

jmathai wrote: post #100
robotmay wrote: post #86

This is pretty interesting to me as I've been spending the last month preparing my soon-to-be startup; (hopefully) a competitor to Flickr/500px: https://photographer.io Obviously I can't compete with that free space which they're giving out. Instead I'm going to stick to a lesser free plan and a sensible subscription price, and hope that people realise that I actually aim to make a profitable business out of it and s…

I'm 2 years into a photo service and disk space has never been the determining cost factor. Space is only used to get users to upgrade to a paying account. I don't downplay the importance of that though, it's critical to figure out how you're going to make money today and not once you have a few million users. In Yahoo!'s case it's about getting more engagement and users.

Wow, your offering looks rather promising. A reasonable price for unlimited storage, and importing all photos from other services.

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Post by tathagata »

jarek wrote: post #273
aeturnum wrote: post #194

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Personally, I'd like Flickr to be both a photo viewer and organizer. I don't feel like the new interface is any worse for organizing photos, and I'm much more likely to point people to a flickr set with the new layout. Your opinion seems very much in-line with the hugely negative reaction thread on flickr[1]. I'd be interested in the specific functionality you lost in the update that you miss. [1] http://www.flickr.c…

Front page looks too busy at 1280 px wide. I can't quantify why - maybe it looks too appy rather than like a page. I used to rant a lot about Flickr showing me 500 px wide photos with oceans of whitespace on my large screens - now it looks like they've gone overboard in the other direction... Photos in different styles don't look great mashed up right next to each other on my photostream. Old design had an option to…

You can get the old interface by appending /?details=1 at the end of the photostream url. e.g. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tathagatac/?details=1

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Post by supergauntlet »

tomasien wrote: post #282
BHSPitMonkey wrote: post #235

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On Reddit, sure. HN, like StackOverflow, uses it to decide what level of participation you're allowed to have.

Only essentially at levels that are extraordinarily achievable with participation. Really, only at the 500 level does it matter.

Wait, what? I don't post a lot on HN, what do you get at the 500 point level..?

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Post by usethis »

kailuowang wrote: post #227

I hate this new layout. Artistic images need space, especially images that aren't meant to be place together. Otherwise their color would collide with each other and ruin the visual experience for them. If flickr wants to become a social network that features family photos maybe that's the right layout, but I think most of the pro users weren't paying $25 a year for that purpose. Flickr is no longer a valid place to…

Completely agree, another example is the UI layered on top of a photo. UI and content should not be mixed, especially if that content is the key asset on the page and of the service.

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Post by yardie »

robotmay wrote: post #122
jmathai wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm 2 years into a photo service and disk space has never been the determining cost factor. Space is only used to get users to upgrade to a paying account. I don't downplay the importance of that though, it's critical to figure out how you're going to make money today and not once you have a few million users. In Yahoo!'s case it's about getting more engagement and users.

I'm hoping to offer a bunch of features other than unlimited photo uploads to entice users into subscriptions. More features, such as being able to share private collections (albums/sets) with others, or increased control over what they see on the site. I'm looking to launch it proper in the next couple of weeks once I have the TOS finalised and the company set up. And I'm always open to any suggestions users have fo…

Please, have a plugin for the major photo packages (Lightroom, Aperture, iPhoto, etc). Making it easy to get the images into your site lowers the barrier dramatically.

I stick with flickr because I use Aperture. It can export directly to my flickr account and means I have one less headache.

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Post by Dylan16807 »

ableal wrote: post #277
oz wrote: post #248

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Never knew Google Calculator could be used like that. Thanks.

Beware, it has a subtle catch: (1 TB) / (300 (MB / month)) = 291.271111 years But if you think you're dealing with decimal Bytes, you're wrong - e.g, putting it in GB and taking the units out: 1000 / (0.3 / month) = 277.777778 years ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte - Google is using TiB/GiB/MiB and writing up the wrong unit)

I think you mean the right unit :)
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